The Hotmail_Hits Leak Means 25 Hotmail Accounts Could Be Hijacked

Hotmail_Hits Combolist Exposes 25 Email and Password Pairs

HEROIC analysts identified a small combolist named hotmail_hits circulating on Telegram, dated 7 July 2026. The file contained 25 records pairing email addresses with plaintext passwords, along with URLs showing which accounts each login was tied to.

Why This Is Dangerous

Small does not mean safe. Each of these 25 records includes a plaintext password sitting right next to the account it unlocks, so anyone who gets the file can log in immediately, without cracking anything or guessing a single character.

What Was Exposed in the Hotmail_Hits Dump

• Email addresses
• Plaintext passwords
• URLs tied to each credential pair

Why This Matters if Your Inbox Was Named Hotmail_Hits

A file named hotmail_hits suggests these logins were specifically pulled together to target Hotmail accounts, which often serve as the recovery email for banking, shopping, and social media accounts. If someone reused their Hotmail password anywhere else, an attacker with this file could use it for credential stuffing, unlocking a chain of accounts and opening the door to account takeover, identity theft, or financial fraud.

How a Telegram Combolist Like This Gets Made

A combolist is a list of username or email and password pairs, usually assembled from older breaches, stealer logs, or scraped data and packaged into a single file. Telegram is a common place for these files to appear, even small ones like hotmail_hits, because it lets anyone share stolen credentials quickly with almost no oversight.

Check If You Are Affected

If you use a Hotmail or Outlook address, it is worth checking whether it appears in the hotmail_hits leak or any other breach HEROIC tracks. HEROIC's free scanner checks your information against a database of more than 400 billion breached records and tells you immediately if you have been exposed.